VN Ren'Py Friends in Need [Ch.1 Remake v0.25] [NeonGhosts]

[ManifestDream]

Bruh those photos sucked, MC can't really find anything besides sloppy seconds but nvm... I'm at the point where Gabby rejects MC.
I last played this game with the previous update, so I don't really remember the details but can you avoid it?

 

[NeonGhosts]

I last played this game with the previous update, so I don't really remember the details but can you avoid it?

Gabby's break-up with MC is unavoidable, but temporary. By the end of the next update, you'll have a chance to get back in her good graces.

 

[mr.AwesomeGameTaste]

once again,amazing job. It's not only one of the best games that offer extreme content,but the story flows really well and the dialogue is honestly great. I think I would've liked it even if it was a vanilla game,which is very rare for me.
Do I have to install the taboo content patch each time a new update's out? I could rape pepper so i think i got it but in case im wrong,please someone tell me. Once again kudos to the dev.

 

[katabasi]

this needs a walkthrough mod

 

[CrazyRabbit]

So a few thoughts

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Might have miss some things but the brunt is there.
I had a blast and it felt way too short
This VN is gaining real good momentum and is shaping up to become one of the best around. Bravo NeonGhosts and can't wait for next update

 

[Defenestrator.for.traitor]

Also can we please get Mason to the hospital? Like poor kid started stuttering after a beating. Let's get them to a doctor and see what we can do for the poor little waif.

No worries, he got fucked by healthcare system already. It is most likely psychological induced by fear and with enough care and love he will get over it. Kinda cute though.

Change back pronouns is not something I could get behind it to be honest. It's like downplaying to he prefers it that way instead of who he is but I am absouletely okay with him if he opens to men. He did not look like despised the idea, so maybe he did not discovered that side of himself. Though his pretend talk with his dad indicated that he did not like to be with men. Tough situation to be honest.

 

[Harem Trooper]

After playing it and reading some of the Devs. comments I have mixed feelings. Played it since the first version came out and I enjoyed what the game offered. As it is, its a very good 4/5.
Good renders, good story, very likeable MC (the path you choose), plausible scenarios. So whats the mixed feelings ? Well, you probably can guessed it -> Harem, or the lack of it.
I thought that in the beginning it would develop into a Harem game, more or less. But the more I played, and more important, I checked the newest comments, it turned out its more or less your typical One-LI path where you have to chose one of the girls at the very end. Sure, there will be a girl who will allow to "date" others, perhaps have some love triangle but never go full the Harem route as to end up with all of them. I personally dont count that you can only "claim" them when you follow the corruption route where the sole reason they are in a "relationship" with you are money, fame or security because they dont like the MC but the materialistic stuff he provides. Its kinda sad because this is more or less a better version of Summers Gone tho.

Im writting this not to throw shade or anything at the game or dev, and as it seems that the author cant think of a idea to make the Harem work, as for example Gabby and Madison. Then its a sad reality I will have to accept.
By what I played in this version [v0.39] a good game at it is, and proably one of the best in making when it comes for One-LI type of romance games. But sadly no harem so it will rather take less priority regarding games to play.

 

[CountKael]

Mason seemed pretty ok with it, even kind of into it. I mean, they wouldn't have asked to cuddle after the BJ if they hated doing it and your guts.
Same As you I initially refused the BJ since it was fucked up, but after seeing how it played out I thought it was the better option.

i initially just helped Mason without strings attached because come on, guy went through enough. but unfortunately, given that my i played my MC as a philanthropist manwhore, my dumb uga buga gamer brain need to do the scene just for continuity purposes

 

[Khan Targaryen]

Why can't this dude win any fights? Makes no sense. Got beat up by Jamie, then he gets killed by a homeless dude if you try to fight. He definitely won't do jack shit to the people that messed up Nicki either. Bunch of bullshit.

 

[ename144]

Thanks so much for the comprehensive review!

You're welcome!

To speak to the continuity errors, you're right, that topless cheerleader photo does need to change. I'll add that to my big whiteboard full of little things to fix. On the goth photo though, Brittani does actually allow you to keep one of those, because she thinks it makes her look 'tough.' Still, I'll look at cleaning that scene-to-scene transition up a bit.

I actually went back to doublecheck that she deleted the all the topless photos and it turns out we were shown the specific photo Brittani decided to keep:


That isn't one of the ones the MC edits in this update (it's arguably not even topless), so you might want to rework the photoshoot as well if the idea was to let us keep one photo with visible nipples.

 

[PHIL101-YYouPPHard]

once again,amazing job. It's not only one of the best games that offer extreme content,but the story flows really well and the dialogue is honestly great. I think I would've liked it even if it was a vanilla game,which is very rare for me.
Do I have to install the taboo content patch each time a new update's out? I could rape pepper so i think i got it but in case im wrong,please someone tell me. Once again kudos to the dev.

only if u make a new folder and don't copy the patch.rpy file. if u copy the file to ur game folder, it should still work. if u overwrite ur old folder with new content, it should also still work (since patch.rpy isn't getting overwritten). if u could rape pepper, though, u 100% have the patch, so no issue

Why can't this dude win any fights? Makes no sense. Got beat up by Jamie, then he gets killed by a homeless dude if you try to fight. He definitely won't do jack shit to the people that messed up Nicki either. Bunch of bullshit.

1) cuz its funny
2) jamie didn't win any fight, he sucker-punched him and walked away. can't really do anything about that
3) have u ever tried to fight someone while having no experience fighting under your belt? something tells me Guy's never been in a real fight in his life. so, really, it fits the sorta realistic theme of this game.

Guy's just a regular Joe Schmoe store manager who's really clever and also got really lucky with money that he's put to good use; he's also got a big cock. doesn't need to win any fights, he's already won Life

 

[Avaron1974]

Why can't this dude win any fights? Makes no sense. Got beat up by Jamie, then he gets killed by a homeless dude if you try to fight. He definitely won't do jack shit to the people that messed up Nicki either. Bunch of bullshit.

Because he's never had a fight in his life?

He's a quiet guy that got rich and started a charity, what are you expecting?

 

[MorbidViews21]

I have no option to assault pepper just "release her" is this a bug for me? if not what variable do I need to change?

its not a bug. Your mc needs to be corrupted for you to rape her. Meaning you raped the other girls before her.

 

[CountKael]

Because he's never had a fight in his life?

He's a quiet guy that got rich and started a charity, what are you expecting?

agreed. not every MC needs to be a hero-type that can beat anyone.
plus we now have an obvious weakness for the MC and we can fix it by Drum roll pls
Having a hot snu snu bodyguard

 

[keterboy]

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the dark path is great and well done lol
masterclass

 

[Khan Targaryen]

only if u make a new folder and don't copy the patch.rpy file. if u copy the file to ur game folder, it should still work. if u overwrite ur old folder with new content, it should also still work (since patch.rpy isn't getting overwritten). if u could rape pepper, though, u 100% have the patch, so no issue


1) cuz its funny
2) jamie didn't win any fight, he sucker-punched him and walked away. can't really do anything about that
3) have u ever tried to fight someone while having no experience fighting under your belt? something tells me Guy's never been in a real fight in his life. so, really, it fits the sorta realistic theme of this game.

Guy's just a regular Joe Schmoe store manager who's really clever and also got really lucky with money that he's put to good use; he's also got a big cock. doesn't need to win any fights, he's already won Life

1/2 - Getting punched in the face and doing absolutely nothing is funny? I would've grabbed his ass by his shirt and beat on him. There's no way I woud've let that slide.

3. If he can't do shit then he should get a bodyguard if he can't have someone teach his old ass some moves. No reason for him to stay a defenseless little puss.

"Have u ever tried to fight someone while having no experience fighting under your belt?" I have actually, came out as a tie. Didn't do a rematch because I had a feeling he was trying to get me jumped. I've also taught someone who to fight, he won his first fight too. Everyone starts somewhere. There's a reason I didn't get bullied in middle school through high school. Nobody was willing to try me (Everyone knew me from elementary school too, but still).

"doesn't need to win any fights" Yeah, until he gets robbed or has to help someone in danger.

If there was a choice where you just told Mason you'd get him a new bag and didn't confront ol' dude there'd be no issue. I can even understand why he didn't do anything to Jamie, what he was doing could have affected his rep. But having the only choice be one where you talk all big just to back down or get killed is stupid imo. All bark, no bite. Then there's the existence of the dark path, that just makes you a woman beater and rapist who has no chance against a dude, that just makes him a pathetic loser.

Because he's never had a fight in his life?

He's a quiet guy that got rich and started a charity, what are you expecting?

If he can't do anything there shouldn't be any choices alluding towards it. I'd expect a bodyguard for him so he wouldn't have to fight. What rich person of sane mind doesn't have a bodyguard? He's asking to get robbed. Again, if you play the dark path he's not just a quiet guy, he's a rapist who can't fight against a man. It's pathetic.

agreed. not every MC needs to be a hero-type that can beat anyone.
plus we now have an obvious weakness for the MC and we can fix it by Drum roll pls
Having a hot snu snu bodyguard

I actually agree with this. He should've gotten a bodyguard after Jamie laid him out, hell, even at the beginning he should have had a bodyguard. Never know what could happen when he goes to meet up with his charity cases. Things could go awry quick.

Not a huge deal, just a big pet peeve of mine (Defensless MC's). Nice update regardless (Thought Mason was a bio male before this update, looked ugly when the hair was hidden imo).

 

[Avaron1974]

that just makes him a pathetic loser.

THAT'S THE POINT........

He WAS a pathetic loser, living alone and working a dead end job with no life.

All that happened was he came into money and started taking better care of himself. He's still the same guy he was just rich and in better shape. Having money didn't turn him into Justin Gaethje. He didn't go from no lifer to badass MMA fighter just by getting rich.

He's never thrown a punch in his life.

There is a whole lot of difference between dominating a woman and fighting a guy. For one we're physically weaker by a huge margin and for two we aint likely to put up much of a fight regardless of his combat skills.

I honestly don't know what you're expecting, he isn't a fighter. He's an ordinary guy that found himself in a fantastic position but he isn't going to stomping anyones face in anytime soon.

agreed. not every MC needs to be a hero-type that can beat anyone.
plus we now have an obvious weakness for the MC and we can fix it by Drum roll pls
Having a hot snu snu bodyguard

The more they snu snu the better she gaurds his body.

Level up her bodyguard skills by fucking her until she can't remember her own name .... just not before a fight.

 

[Tstemen732]

Why doesn't Mac get the newest update?? Confused.

 

[Khan Targaryen]

THAT'S THE POINT........

He WAS a pathetic loser, living alone and working a dead end job with no life.

All that happened was he came into money and started taking better care of himself. He's still the same guy he was just rich and in better shape. Having money didn't turn him into Justin Gaethje. He didn't go from no lifer to badass MMA fighter just by getting rich.

He's never thrown a punch in his life.

There is a whole lot of difference between dominating a woman and fighting a guy. For one we're physically weaker by a huge margin and for two we aint likely to put up much of a fight regardless of his combat skills.

I honestly don't know what you're expecting, he isn't a fighter. He's an ordinary guy that found himself in a fantastic position but he isn't going to stomping anyones face in anytime soon.

Again, at the very least he could've gotten a bodyguard after Jamie happened. Admittedly, that WAS the day before, but he should've had one when he started going out to strangers homes. And that bit about not being able to fight back, if Jamie could beat him up anyone could. Literally laid him out in one punch, not even that buff. And no women I know would let someone rape them, they'd either attempt to break free or attempt to fight, win or lose. One well placed punch or kick could mean the world in those situations. He would've gotten his dick bitten off if it were me though, he would've had to kill me. In this game they didn't even try to escape, fight, or get help.

Have a good one, I need some sleep, I've been up for too long and my head hurts.

 

[Avaron1974]

Again, at the very least he could've gotten a bodyguard after Jamie happened. Admittedly, that WAS the day before, but he should've had one when he started going out to strangers homes. And that bit about not being able to fight back, if Jamie could beat him up anyone could. And no women I know would let someone rape them, they'd either attempt to break free or attempt to fight, win or lose. One well placed punch or kick could mean the world. He would've gotten his dick bitten off if it were me. In this game they didn't even try.

Oh, he DEFF needs a bodyguard, especially dealing with the amount of money he is. He should absolutely have some sort of security.

That or at least have him take up boxing lessons or something.

I don't completely disagree with you, I do wish he had some sort of way to fight back or defend himself.

With a charity dealing with multi millions and women around him that have various degrees of troubled lives he does need to figure out some security.